Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Boonton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027041100 · Morris County, NJ · pop 3,783
Census tract 34027041100 covers part of Boonton, NJ, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,783. Cost burden runs 28% here against 40.8% across Morris County.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$109,539
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boonton and the region
Centroid at 40.9081, -74.4168 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boonton scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boonton
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,698 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boonton
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boonton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boonton
5.2
How Boonton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 55Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2018)
- 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boonton
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Against the Morris County average of 5.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 55 filings here across 2 tracked years.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2018 at 4.6% of renter households. At $1,698 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Boonton commands.
In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027041100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041100?
Census tract 34027041100 in Boonton scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34027041100?
Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041100?
7.7% of residents in tract 34027041100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 54th, minority 55th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.09% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027041100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027041100 compare to Boonton overall?
Tract 34027041100 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Boonton at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boonton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Boonton
Top eight tracts in Boonton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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